Jenny Macklin (Jagajaga, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Disability Reform) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Hindmarsh for his question. He does have an electorate with a lot of pensioners living in it, and I can inform him and the pensioners who live in Hindmarsh that more than 28,400 pensioners in Hindmarsh will benefit from the boost to the pension that the government will deliver as part of our clean energy future package. I can also inform the member for Hindmarsh that 53,000 taxpayers in Hindmarsh will receive a tax cut in the middle of this year. Fifty-three thousand taxpayers in Hindmarsh are going to be better off as a result of this Labor government. I can also inform the member for Hindmarsh that up to 2,600 families in his electorate will receive increased family payments for their teenagers who stay at school and more than 8,200 families in Hindmarsh will receive extra support through their family payments in the middle of this year.

These are the real benefits that the government are delivering to people in Hindmarsh because we understand how important it is. We know exactly the pressures that they are under. This Prime Minister and this Treasurer are making sure that the people in the electorate of Hindmarsh are looked after in the way that all Labor members understand is so important. (Time expired)

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